Moss Reid's Places

Believe it or not, an upmarket new Italian grocer in Stoneybatter called Mooz was once a location for a very famous film from 1983.

This began life as a Christmas short story (called “The Twelve Pubs of Christmas”) then  evolved into part of  Black Marigolds ,  the s...

To get a good idea of Walshes pub on Manor Street in Stoneybatter, check out this superb new video by award-winning director and music docum...

Here's a quote from Black Marigolds, the second book in the 'Moss Reid' series. It's a set piece where Moss Reid slips thr...

Over the years Benburb Street has certainly been through the wars. Literally. If you stroll, jog, cycle or take the tram along its rou...

Stoneybatter used to have at least one Magdalene Laundry: St Mary's in Stanhope Street, controlled by the Sisters of Charity.

Visual Artists Ireland and the sculptors' union should be paying me an honorary stipend by now. You see, in each 'Moss Reid' mys...

Talk about timing. It was May 2007, just months before the Irish economy would implode dramatically like a neutron star. I can't imagin...

The real-life diner Wuff made its literary debut in my second 'Moss Reid' novel, Black Marigolds...

The Luas - Dublin's light rail or tram system - is only a decade old, yet it is now deeply embedded in the life of the city centre. It...

Stoneybatter is the centre of Moss Reid's universe in my series of crime novels about the foodie PI. But where exactly is Stoneybatte...

Stoneybatter, Dublin, Ireland, December 2013 Whistle-blowers, corrupt councillors, top-ups, dig-outs, missing persons and a dead body or ...